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Created November 28, 2012 22:20
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A function for reliably testing whether you're in the WordPress Dashboard
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bbg-is-admin.php
<?php
/**
* Are we looking at the WordPress admin?
*
* Because AJAX requests are sent to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, WordPress's
* is_admin() function returns true when DOING_AJAX. This function contains
* logic to test whether AJAX requests are coming from the front end or from
* the Dashboard.
*
* @return bool
*/
function bbg_is_admin() {
if ( defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) && DOING_AJAX ) {
// wp_get_referer() should contain the URL of the requesting
// page. Check to see whether it's an admin page
$is_admin = 0 === strpos( wp_get_referer(), admin_url() );
} else {
$is_admin = is_admin();
}
return $is_admin;
}
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Clever!

Could you exemplify a use case for this function?

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